Discovering how to improve my health day by day and hoping people can learn from my experiences

So after my moodiness surrounding the number on my scale yesterday, I did a few things that really helped:

I did No More Trouble Zones DVD (Jillian Michaels)

I went to Zumba with an amazing instructor who is always positive and really lifted me up

I realized this is just a set back and I need to form and action plan, follow it, and move on (easier said than done)

I also realized I needed to turn this frown upside down so I did some meditation to turn my thinking into more positive thoughts

So, I decided I am going to research heavy lifting and see if I think its right for me. I think it is, but I need to be informed. I need to realize this is just a minor setback that can easily be rectified. I need to eat more veggies (I only eat them at 1-2 of my 5 mini-meals). I hate that I let the scale get to me so much, but abandoning it just does not work for me :(. I think I can weigh myself once a week so I do not become obsessive but at the same time am held responsible for my eating. Weight just plays with my mind so much and I thought I was beyond those thought processes but I guess I am not.

Today I am going to do a little yoga now to make my sore muscles (from Jillian Michaels) feel better and to put me in more of a zen place. My fav Zumba class is also tonight, so I am going to go to that as well. There is also a Whole Foods trip in my future today, we found a tequila lime rubbed salmon that is TO DIE FOR = dinner tonight! I also need some essentials like broccoli, Fage 2%, stevia, strawberry mineral water, you know the usual.

Today I am also promising myself I will call back recruiters and get some resumes out. I am writing it on here so I actually do it! So, I have not really talked about my life situation, but I graduated from UT Austin this August. Some endocrine issues got in the way after graduation, so I have been living at home with my lovely parents, Marianne and Kevin. I finally have my thyroid and pituitary issues worked out as of two weeks ago I started feeling better, so now I am on the job hunt! I love to work, I just hate to look for work but who doesn’t? So many things to do, I better get started on them now!

Have a great afternoon blog friends, and I will be back later tonight!

So I just weighed myself for the first time in about two months. In the past two months, I have upped my thyroid medicine and also increased my cardio. I also thought not being chained to the scale would really help in some way as well. I figured my weight would be down like 5 pounds- ish, no such luck :(. It was down about 1 pound. I know, I know one pound is better than nothing, but I still feel like it should be better. I also know my muscle mass has increased, so I probably lost more fat but it is still really disappointing!

Well, I already knew that I have been snacking too much and that I need to control this with a food journal. But I have been adding in a lot more veggies. But I was also trying coconut oil in cooking and making protein chocolate, but maybe that does not agree with my body? I think I also need to chang up my workouts. I need to add more cardio but also some weight training. I am thinking I need to buy The New Rules of Lifting for Women. Any suggestions?

UPDATE: So, this is all I have been thinking about for the last hour because I am really disappointed by this gain. I think I need to phase out nuts and coconut oil, I do not think my body can handle the fat. I also think I need to go back to measuring everything I eat. In the past couple of months I have changed birth control and all of my hormones have been really screwed up, but my doctor says I need to stay on it for 4 months before everything is regular (it has only been 2). I wish I could just get off BC all together, but due to my PCOS I cannot 😦 , I do not get my period if I am not on the pill. When I was losing weight, I was using Splenda instead of Stevia, I wonder if my body could not handle the Splenda and just did not digest it. I just don’t know. Sorry for the negative post, I just do not know where to go from here, I feel like I am doing anything I can.

So, starting tomorrow (I need to find a spiral) I am going to start food journalling (is that a word?). I am not going to track my calories, but I feel like I have been doing a lot of unnecessary mindless eating which is not good. When I lost my 35 pounds, I would track my calories online. But I found myself a little too obsessed with the numbers (I am a math kind of person) and I would end up eating lower calorie foods that usually contained too many chemicals. I do not want to get like this again, so I am just going to simply write down everything that I eat and make sure I am getting my daily water and veggies in. No daily plate, just a plain, old spiral so that number crunching and minimizing does not ensue.

I want to lose 5 to 10 more pounds (not only for vanity reasons but it would also help my PCOS), and I think getting rid of my mindless eating could really help in reaching this goal. I have also been doing more cardio in order to accomplish this. Zumba is my new favorite thing, it really is just fun to me! I am actually thinking about getting the Zumba DVDs because Zumba is only offered 3 times a week at my gym :(. I know, I sound a little DVD obsessed lately, but I just need a change in routine and do not know where to start. I think I need more strength training and a better mix of cardio, but I am just not inspired lately. Does anyone have suggestions for routines? Help a sista out, lol!